Concept of Development of the Higher Education System of the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030 Chapter General Provisions

 
§ 7. Systematic Development and Improvement of Management
of Higher Educational Institutions

The following measures shall be implemented with a view to to systematically develop and 

improve the management of higher educational institutions: 
a) division of higher educational institutions into the following categories, with a strategy 
for their development in place, taking into account the quality and scale of training: 
first category are the flagship universities (National University of Uzbekistan and 
Samarkand State University); 
second category are the regional higher educational institutions that serve as centers of 
science and innovation; 
third category are the sectoral higher education institutions that play the role of supporting 
institutions for education and research within their industry; 
b) introduction of measures to transform higher educational institutions with the status of 
an institute into universities by expanding the scope of activities and strengthening their 
institutional potential; 
c) gradual enlargement of higher educational institutions based on their capacity, scientific 
potential and other key indicators; 
d) denationalization, privatization, implementation of governance principles in individual 
HEIs (with the exception of military higher educational institutions) as a pilot, retaining at least 51 
percent of the public share; 
e) increasing prestige and level of activity, and strengthening the role of the Republican 
Council for Higher Education with regards to drafting documents on development of higher 
education and holding consultations on them, and introduction of modern mechanisms of public 
control in HEIs: 
f) optimization of management processes in the higher education system based on 
information and communication technologies, and expansion of scale of interactive public services; 
g) introduction of the principles of strategic planning in the development of higher 
educational institutions, while increasing the responsibility and role of board of trustees; 
h) enhancing the functions of the State Inspection for Supervision of Quality in Education 
under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan based on the international experience, 
including introduction of new mechanisms for assessing education quality, addressing problems 
through in-depth study of the outcomes of the national survey covering employers and students, 
education quality management in public and private educational institutions through effective tools, 
and making emphasis on quality of graduates and their employment according to the education they 
received; 
i) identification of measures necessary to create a non-government system for monitoring 
education quality and ranking higher educational institutions; 
g) hiring and appointing HEI managerial staff from among the personnel who make a 
significant contribution to the development of the higher education system, applying the principles 
of meritocracy, ensuring fair and objective assessment of their performance, professional qualities 

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and inputs, and adhering to the principles of gender equality when appointing personnel to senior 
positions; 
j) increasing effectiveness of development, purposeful education and training of the reserve 
cadre for senior positions in higher educational institutions; 
k) introduction of a mechanism for rotation of senior managers of higher educational 
institutions.